The Daily Grind

NJ & NYC’s premier office refreshment leader makes Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies for the fourth year in a row, and seventh time overall.   PARSIPPANY NJ (August 16, 2018) – Office refreshment provider, Corporate Essentials, has been named to Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the United States for the fourth consecutive year, and the seventh time overall, earning the company a spot in the Inc. 5000 Hall of Fame as a 7-Time Inc. 5000 Honoree. Corporate Essentials first made the list in 2007, followed by appearances in the 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2017 lists. It’s seventh ranking on the list marks something only two percent of companies have done. “We have always pushed outside of our comfort zone when it comes to what’s next for the company,” said Judson Kleinman, Founder and President of Corporate Essentials.

Tucked away in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami sits Chef Bradley Kilgore’s Progressive American restaurant, Alter. As the street art capital of Florida, Wynwood pulls in a hip crowd, and Bradley “wow’s” them with his well-priced fine-dining experience. In numerous interviews, Kilgore has expressed his goal to develop a restaurant that people wanted to eat at because they were hungry and wanted good food, not because it was a fancy restaurant they could only afford once a year. Early Career From a young age, Brad Kilgore has had a love for cooking and the drive necessary to become a truly great chef. He worked and trained in Denver, Italy, and Chicago before planting roots in Miami. In Chicago, he worked at Alinea before opening L2o under Chef Laurent Gras. Both restaurants were awarded the prestigious three Michelin stars, classified by the Michelin Guide as meaning “exceptional cuisine, worth a special

To our friends in Manhattan, this may not be an introduction, as Amanda Cohen is the nationally acclaimed chef and owner of Dirt Candy on the Lower East Side. For those who don’t know, Cohen started and runs New York City’s first ever vegetable-focused restaurant and has asserted herself as a leader in this category. Critics everywhere agree, naming Dirt Candy the “Absolute Best Restaurant on the Lower East Side” in 2018 by New York Magazine. Cohen’s restaurant has been recognized by the Michelin Guide for five years and was the first vegetarian restaurant in seventeen years to receive a two-star rating (a ‘very good’) from the New York Times. Now let’s get to the food. Amanda Cohen is an expert at turning simple vegetable ingredients into delectable, transformed culinary delicacies. She explained to McCormick for Chefs that “food should be fun, vegetables should be fun, and going out to